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Originally Posted by raybec 4
I would wager that word gets used 100 times a game
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Probably, but it's technically a penalty. From
this SI article from 2016:
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Two years ago—following a push by the Fritz Pollard Alliance, a group named for the man who became the first African-American coach in the NFL, in 1921, and advocates for the hiring of minorities for NFL coaching positions—the league took a firmer stance on players using the n-word on the field: Under the abusive language section of unsportsmanlike conduct, which covers things said “to opponents, teammates, officials or representatives of the League,” referees could levy a 15-yard penalty when they heard the word.
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“It’s [said] all the time,” says Carolina fullback Mike Tolbert, who is black. “The only way that it gets called is if the referee is right up on you and you say it to the person. But we say it on the field all the time, to be honest. We say it to each other. You run somebody over, and you talk trash, and they talk trash back. It's part of [the game].”
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To be clear I'm not defending the interpretation of the rule or anything, I'm just saying it fits.